Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of American Samoa, you would:

Economy

be 82.6% less likely to be unemployed

In American Samoa, 29.8% of adults are unemployed as of 2005. In Samoa, that number is 5.2% as of 2017.

make 43.8% less money

American Samoa has a GDP per capita of $11,200 as of 2016, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,300 as of 2020.

Life

have 15.0% more children

In American Samoa, there are approximately 16.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Samoa, there are 19.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

be 69.0% more likely to die during infancy

In American Samoa, approximately 10.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Samoa, on the other hand, 17.0 children do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 69.5% more likely to have access to electricity

In American Samoa, approximately 59% of the population has electricity access as of 2012. In Samoa, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

Geography

see 3.5 times more coastline

American Samoa has a total of 116 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Samoa: At a glance

Samoa is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 2,821 sq km. New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
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